Open Markets Podcast
Open Markets Podcasts, explores and sheds light on the commerce development on Nostr and the Bitcoin Space.
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- Sep 15, 2026
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#16 Cooking in production 🧑🍳🥘 | Open Markets Podcast (opens the original)
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Eric FJ and Sync cook both the podcast and the Open Markets specification in production, testing a tighter show format while exploring how AI agents, open-source implementations and real market adoption could evolve a shared protocol without a central gatekeeper. Next Open Markets Community Call ! 17th September 16:00 UTC https://honey.hivetalk.org/meet/login?room=Open+Markets+Hivetalk No guest this week: Eric FJ and Sync open the workshop doors and work through changes to the podcast and the Op
#15 Bitkarrot Tea 🫖🥕 | Open Markets Podcast (opens the original)
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BitKarrot has spent years building across Bitcoin, Lightning and Nostr, from LNbits integrations to HiveTalk and a long list of projects behind the scenes. We get into how Nostr standards actually move, the realities of open-source funding, HiveTalk’s new paid relay model, L402 versus x402, AI-driven development, the responsibility to maintain what you build, and how open market operators might create sustainable businesses. --- QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE: Every guest brings a different conversation
#14 Local Bitcoiners First | Open Markets Podcast (opens the original)
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Eric and Sync are joined by Rev Hodl and Reed, the hosts and builders behind Local Bitcoiners, a podcast and growing community focused on finding, building, and strengthening local Bitcoin culture through meetups. We begin with project updates and a follow-up to our conversation with Gzuuus about reliable group communication on Nostr. The group compares CORDN, Armada, 0xChat, Buzz, and other approaches, then explores what Nostr-native community tools still need: dependable notifications, native
#13 The return of Gzuuus | Open Markets Podcast (opens the original)
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Eric and Sync are joined by Gzuuus, an early Nostr builder whose work connects several important threads in open markets… from Plebeian Market and the Gamma Markets specification to ContextVM and now CORDN. We begin with community updates, recent security incidents in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and a larger question: Is Nostr primarily a social network, or is its real potential as an open foundation for useful applications? From there, Gzuuus takes us through his journey building on Nostr and the le
#12 Max Proxy Hillebrand | Open Markets Podcast (opens the original)
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Eric F.J. and Sync are joined by guest Max Hillebrand to discuss the current state of decentralized marketplaces, the shipping problem, privacy technology, and the evolving ecosystem of Nostr-based e-commerce. https://towardsliberty.com/ https://github.com/marmot-protocol https://www.whitenoise.chat/ Project Updates: https://nostrhub.io/ Shopstr Updates: https://shopstr.store/ Conduit Updates: https://conduit.market/ Aug 17–22, 2026 🏝️ Próspera, Roatán, Honduras https://bitcoinvibe.camp/ Napplet
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